ISLAMABAD:
The Information Ministry on Monday rejected Afghan media reports alleging that Pakistan’s military carried out air or missile strikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, calling the claims “false” and “frivolous.”
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The ministry dismissed the allegations, saying “it is a blatant lie and an attempt to gain sympathy to cover up the Afghan Taliban’s support for Fitna al-Khawarij.” Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
“Pakistan’s attacks are accurate and based on intelligence. No attack has been carried out on Sayyed Jamaluddin Afghan University. The claims are frivolous and false,” the statement said.
The ministry further accused the Afghan media of repeating a pattern of “fake news to cover up support for terrorist groups and proxies such as Fitna al-Khawarij”, adding that such reports were often amplified by the Indian media.
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“This indicates that the Afghan Taliban regime, having nothing to offer its citizens in terms of service, welfare and governance, relies only on misinformation and hatred,” the statement said.
“The only thing they have learned from their Indian propaganda masters are lies and false flag operations. Such pathetic antics and vile accusations are absurd,” he added.
The ministry clarified that under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, any future Pakistani attack on Afghanistan-based militant infrastructure would be “well-declared, fully identified and supported by precise evidence that it targets terrorism-supporting infrastructure.”
He added that such operations, whenever and wherever they take place, would follow established procedures and past patterns of announced military actions.
According to Reuters, the Taliban government alleged that mortar and rocket attacks launched by Pakistan killed four people and injured 70 others, as fighting between the two countries broke out again and threatened to derail fragile peace talks.
About 30 students, women and children were among those reportedly injured in the attacks, which targeted homes and the Syed Jamaluddin Afghan University in Asadabad, Kunar province, Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said.
The worst fighting in years broke out between allies-turned-foes in February, with Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Islamabad said targeted terrorist strongholds.
Islamabad has said Kabul offers safe haven to terrorists carrying out attacks against Pakistan from its soil. The Taliban denied the allegations and said militancy in Pakistan is an internal problem.
China, which was mediating between the two countries, said earlier this month that it had agreed during peace talks in Urumqi to explore a comprehensive solution to their conflict.
Last month, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced a “temporary pause” in the Operation at the request of the sister Islamic countries of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkiye in view of the Eidul Fitr festivities. However, the operation was resumed after Eid.
